Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic CreationsChapter 18: Lord Vāmanadeva, the Dwarf Incarnation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.18.15

dadau kṛṣṇājinaḿ bhūmir

daṇḍaḿ somo vanaspatiḥ

kaupīnācchādanaḿ mātā

dyauś chatraḿ jagataḥ pateḥ

SYNONYMS

dadau — gave, offered; kṛṣṇa-ajinam — the skin of a deer; bhūmiḥ — mother earth; daṇḍama brahmacārī's rod; somaḥ — the moon-god; vanaḥ-patiḥ — the king of the forest; kaupīna — the underwear; ācchādanam — covering the body; mātā — His mother, Aditi; dyauḥ — the heavenly kingdom; chatraman umbrella; jagataḥ — of the whole universe; pateḥ — of the master.

TRANSLATION

Mother earth gave Him a deerskin, and the demigod of the moon, who is the king of the forest, gave Him a brahma-daṇḍa [the rod of a brahmacārī]. His mother, Aditi, gave Him cloth for underwear, and the deity presiding over the heavenly kingdom offered Him an umbrella.

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